A deep sea mission to seek out new lab animals

Evolution: To seek out new worlds

A recent study of stickleback 'ecomorphs' generated by independent speciation events in different freshwater lakes suggests that, despite historical contingency, natural selection can run in surprisingly similar ways on multiple occasions.

How to Keep Deep-Sea Animals

Metabolic Potential of Deep-sea Animals: Regional and Global Scales

A significant C flux into the deep-sea which is not accounted for by sedimentary flux results from the vertical transport of organic C in the bodies of zooplankton and micronekton. The energy metabolism of these animals results in the production of CO2 in these deeper waters and is a flux which is currently estimated from the differences in sedimentation at different depths. We evaluate the pos...

Worries over lab animals decision

The British government and some of the country’s leading scientists have reacted with anger and frustration to the decision to end breeding of animals at a farm that has been relentlessly targeted by animal rights protesters, warning that there could be severe consequences for clinical research in the country, in spite of new legislation this year limiting their activities. The decision by the ...

Deep lab denied funding.

A mbitious plans to build one of the world's deepest underground laboratories have suffered a serious setback. The US National Science Board (NSB) has refused to continue to fund the design of the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL), leaving some 1,000 researchers hoping to do science there uncertain about its future. The lab is set to be housed in Homestake, a former go...